#BBBF55#BBBF55

#BBBF55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.130 H 111.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBF55
RGB	rgb(187, 191, 85)
HSL	hsl(62, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(62, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 55.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.13, -15.73, 52.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.13, 54.34, 106.82°)
OKLab	oklab(78.01% -0.0465 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(78.01% 0.13 111)
XYZ	xyz(40.7650, 48.4832, 15.8033)
Luminance	0.4848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBF55 #5955BF

analogous

#BF8E55 #BBBF55 #86BF55

triadic

#BBBF55 #55BBBF #BF55BB

tetradic

#BBBF55 #55BF8E #5955BF #BF5586

square

#BBBF55 #55BF8E #5955BF #BF5586

split-complementary

#BBBF55 #5586BF #8E55BF

monochromatic

#6D702A #989C3B #BBBF55 #CDD081 #DFE0AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BBBF55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#BBBF55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBF55

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBF55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBF55	1.00	1.96	10.70	10.70
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB74A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbf55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 191, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.130 111.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d288',
    500: '#bbbf55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbf55;
$custom-light: #d2d288;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbf55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.264,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78014,
    "c": 0.12952,
    "h": 111
  },
  "luminance": 0.48482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBF55

secondary

#A3A1CE

accent

#53D558

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBF55

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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